Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 7, 1911, Page 1

162 VOL. LIIL.—NO. SHOWERS RELIEVE MANY SECTIONS Electrical Storms in New England, New 1ork, i Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley A DROP OF 24 DEGREES IN BOSTON ‘Warmer in Connecticut After the Shower—New Lon- ‘don Girl Made Insane by Heat—Lightning Strikes in Several Places—Crops Damaged in Two Maine Counties—The Deathroll Increases. Washington, July 6.—Thunder show- ers in the north Atlantic states tonight drove the heat wave from what was pra; ally its last stronghold, and the country generally is freed from the sweltering conditions of the past five Gays. Showers mainly brought the longed-for relief. Boston Held the Record. held the Hoston, with 100 degrees, record for the day jointly with Miles “ity, Montana, where a sudden rise in temperature manifested itself, but a thunder shower caused an immediate drop of 24 degrees in Boston. Showers Were Generai. ke showers were general through- out New England, New York, Pennsyl- vania and the Ohio valley. A contin- wance of showers with moderate tem- res is promised for the same tomorrow Two Deaths at Washington. Washington continued to broil in a temperature of 98 degrees. The down- town thermometers of the department of agriculture showed a maximum of 105 and there were two deaths due to the heat per states HOTTER AFTER SHOWER. Suck the Experience of Connecticut— New London Girl Go's Insane. New Haven, July 6.—For the fifth time this week the state passed through a day of sweltering heat and @s a_result thirteen gave up their Mves in an unsuccessful battle against the weather and twenty were reported 8s having been prostrated so that a physician’s care was needed The theromemters almost reached the highest pVint of the week, New Haven reporting 95, which was the second highest of tie past five days, wiile Hartford's official mark was 98 with 110 registered at the kiosk in front of City hal Hartiord, as vesterday, contributed the highest death rol, seven succumb- #ng in that city, with a like number ef prostrations. Of the other deaths ene was in_Sevmour, one in Lebanon and two in Waterbury. Waterbury al- 80 reported mext to the greatest num. ber of prostrations for any ome city During the early evening electrical storms visited several sections of the state, accompanied by high winds, but while the atmosphere was cooled dur- ing the rainfall, it seemed to be even warmer than before, after the showers had passed. As in tne preceding day! factories were able to run but part of the day wnd street workers were woblizged to quit their jobs around noon time \ Human beings were not the only pnes to sufter, animals, especially horses an the sireets. were acute suf- ferers, and many of them were unable der tife sun’s rays and ear up §ied in their tracks. In Waterbury here threats of a milk famine, swing to the dry weather and the 2eat, 1 New London a 18-year-old girl wa riven suddenly insane by the heat and ran out into the street, where sh- was found by a policeman ad- casing a crowd of men and boy: Of the deaths, George Norman, 50 years old, fell down stairs in his home in Waterbury when overcome by the heat and died soon afterwards, the second death in that city being a I't- tle Italian child of the temement dis- trict. Washington I Lines of Sey- mour was found dead in bed of the at. Miss Fidelia Blanchard, 97 years oid, of Lebanon, the oldest resident of the town, died as the result of the heat; the Hartferd deaths were Jere- mi Bulkeley, a deck hand on the r Middletown: Patrick Shea, a carrier; William Capen, 74 vears ald a gardener: Patrick McCarthy of Togus, Me.: Grace Gach, 11 months old of Hicks street, Mrs. Francis Pairo of South Prospect street and Thomas Courtney of Union street. The deaths for the past five days have numbered th##ty and the reported prosgrations fifey. Thunderstorm at Terryville. Ter yville, Conn., July 6.—An electric storm accompanied by a high wind Passed over here tonight. A barn owned by J. C. Griges was struck and burned to ihe ground. There was a relief from the extreme heat during the storm, but after it had passed over # was warmer than befor Vermont Gets Thunderstorm. $wrnington, V. July A terrific thunderstorm ewept over Vermont to- day, bringing relief to the heat suf- fering public. The storm was un- usually severe about this city and St. Albans, all wire eommunication being put out of order. A Drop of 22 Degrees. New York, July 6.—A drop of 22 de- grees in 37 minutes was reported to the local weather bureau today by the station at Long Branch, N. 4. At 12 o'ciock with a southwest wind the thermometer registered 100 degrees. A change of wind to the southeast caus- ed the drop. - Secretary Curtis Stricken. Manchester, Mass, July 6.—Suffer- ing from the effects of the heat, [ames . Curtis, assisiant secretary of the treasury. is recuperating at his home here tonight. Mr. Curtis was prostrated last Monday. Since that time he has been in bed and today he ot up for the first time. It is expect- ed that he will be able to return to Washington by mext Sunday W/akefield Woman a Victim. Wakefield, Mass., July 6—The intense Beat claimed another victim, when Mrs. Christiana Taylor, 62 yvears old, died here today, Patrick Walsh was prostrated by the heat this forenoon. RELIEF IN NEW YORK. Mercury Drops to 78 During Shower, but Returns to 82. New York, July 6.—Showers tonight Wrought measurable relief to New York from the hot wave which has taken r 100 lives and ciused hun- a Pprostrations during the five - ¥ - days it has been visited upon this city. Until the shower area began to de- velop locally, shortly after eight o'clock this evening, there had been little let-up in the intensity of the wave. Indeed, the dey's maximum of 92.5 bettered vesterday’s high mark Dby half a degree. All that made con- ditions in any way endurable was a brisk breeze. When the shower area developed to- night the official mercury dropped ten desrecs in 45 minutes, running_down to 78 at 8.45 o'clock. The passing of the brief storm, however, was the signal for another upward shoot to 82 short- Iy after nine o'clock and there still seemed to be mo firm ground for the hope that the back of the hot spell had finally been broken. Humanity's sufferings were if pos- sible greater than ever today. Wo- men fainted in the streets and drug stores all over the downtown district became veritable “first aid” stations. The asphalt was oozy under foot. The pitch boiled out of the wood block pavements. _Stricken horses were to be seen every few blocks. One driver went mad on his seat and had to be forcibly taken to a hospital. Lynn Woman Succumbs. Lynn, Mass., July 6.—Four days of torridity proved too much for Mrs. Esther M. Livermore, aged 87 vears, and she died during the night at her home in this city, LIGHTNING’S HAVOC. Two Men Killed and a House Burned Down in Virginia. Harrisonburg, Va., July 6—Two men were killed, others were shocked and burned and thousands of dollars’ dam- age was done to property and live- stock today when an ciectric storm swept Rockingham county. John Cri- der and Jacob Wilkins were struck by lightning while riding for shelter and fhey and their horses were instantly killed. Lightring set fire to the home of Henry Mattox near Lacey and it was consumed. Mrs. Mattox and the chil- dren barely escaped with their lives. A bolt struck a funeral procession in East Rockingham, stunning the under- taker and his assistant, who were on the hearse, and throwing the mourn- ers into a panic. More than twenty cattle and horses were killed in the flelds. Lightning Kills Railroad Man. Glens Falls, N. Y., July 6—The back- bone of the heat wave in northern New York was broken this afternoon by severe electrical storms at White- hall. Lightning killed Nicholas Sey- mour, while he was workinz on the Delaware & Hudson railroad. The week has been ome of the hottest in the history of the sectfon. The ther- mometer read from 100 to 105 every ay. OLD LANDMARK STRUCK. Historic Cornell Homestead at Rosen- N. Y., Struck by Lightning. Kingston, N. Y. July 6.—Lightning Iast night struck the historic Cornell homestead at Rosendale and the in- terior of the building was destroyed by fire. The house, which was built prior to the vear 1700 by Col. Jacob Rutsen, was a stopping place for George Washington on his way from Kingston to West Point to meet Dom- inje Jacobus Rutsen Hardenbergh, the president of Queens college, afterwards Rutgers colleze, who had been forced to leave New Jersey because of Brit- ish activity. The homestead had been in possession of the Cornell family more than a centu CROPS DAMAGED Electrical Storm Causes Loss to Maine Farmers—Several Places Struck. Boston, July §.—Widespread damage resulted from heavy electrical showers which visited many portions of New England tonight. Somerset and Pe- nobscot counties in Maine were espe- cially hard” hit, growing crops beinz damaged and fruit and other trees uprooted. In this vieinity Hghtning worked havoc in many places and interrupted telephone and_telegraphic service and caused many fires, while a heavy rain- fall flooded the strrets and stopped the operation of trolley cars. In Brookfield, Mass', the Unitarian church was struck by lightning and burned, at a 10ss of $40,006. Newbury- port. Salem and Lynn suffered from washouts due to the heavy rain: and lightning struck in many places in those cities and also in Woburn and Stoneham. MANY THUNDER SHOWERS. Various Localities in New England Get Temporary Relief. Boston, July 6.—Thunder showers in various parts of New England served to relieve for a time at least the suf- fering caused by five days of excessive heat. In this city the storm broke at the end of a day almost equal in tem- pergture to the record breaking heat of Jul® 4 Today’s maximum was 103, half a degree less than that of the Fourth. Department stores in the city closed carly in the afternoon, and all over New England factories were shut down on account of the torrid conditions. The day added largely to the numbar of deaths of th> hottest week in the history of New England, and the list of prostrations from heat was again experfenced _ the hottest day in its history, the official thermometer registering 96.6. In Port- iand. Me., the heat reached a maximum of §7.5 and the humidity was high. Seven deaths from heat occurred today in Manchester. N. H. Heat Wave in England. London, July 6.—England is also ex- periencing a heat wave, which, how- ever, according to meteorologists, has no connection with the American heat wave. The temperature in London to- Cabled Paragraphs Lisbon, July 6.—The reports of fight- ing in the streets of Lisbon and else- where in Portugal between loyal troops and sympathizers with the monarchists are untrue, Paris, July 6.—John W. Gates, who is ill at a hotel here, was reported as be- ing improved today. The American financier has undergone a_series of operations necessitated by throat trouble. Berlin, July 6—Dr. Wilkelm Bode, director of the royal museums, strong- ly defends the authenticity of Rem- brandt’s famous painting, “The Mill,” against the attack of Prof. Von Seid- litz of Dresden. Queenstown, Ireland, July 6.—The Cunard steamship Ivernia, temporarily patched up, sailed this morning for Liverpool under her own steam, but escorted by five tugs and salvage steamers. The Ivernia has been laid up since she struck near Daunt Rock during a fog on May 24. London, July 6—Rev. Frederick Per- cival Farrar, rector of Sandringham and domestic chaplain to the king, and Miss Nora Davis were married at St. Andrew’s, Westminster, today. The bride is a daughter of the late L. Clarke Davis of Philadelphia and a sis- ter of Richard Harding Davis. London, July 6.—Communications concerning Germany’s action in Mo- rocco are still passing between the British government, Germany and France, but little is divulged bevond the fact that Great Britain has made it clear that she intends faithfully to fulfill her treaty obligations towards France. London. July 6.—The committee stage of the parliament bill, otherwise known as the veto bill, for the curtail- ment of the powers of the lords. concluded in the house of lords tonight. Although numerops amendments and new clauses seeking to modify its pro- visions were proposed by independent members, these were all withdrawn or rejected. St. Petersburg, July ntations - by Secretary Wheeler of e American embassy, the Russian government has waived the quastion of nationality in the case-of Harris Rothstein, wanted in_Boston in_con- nection with a theft of jewelry. Roth- stein was recently arrested at Dvinsk and brought here for extradition pro- ceedings. The decision of the govern- ment will save the United States at- torneys considerable trouble. as the prisoner gave up his Russian allegiance without the required formalities. ~—Upon repre- CAN SELL LIQUOR TO CLUB MEMBERS. Important Decision by Judge Foster in Bridgeport Case. Briggeport, July 6.—“Not guilty” was the decision of Judge Foster in the city court today in the case against the University club, through its officers, charged with violating the liquor laws of the state by selling liquor to mem- bers of the club. The University club was raided on Sunday, June 11, and after several continuances the case was presented to Judge Foster on an agreement on the facts. It was regarded as very im- portant, as it would have a state-wide influence on the method of proceedinz. if any, against regularly organized and regularly conducted clubs that main- tain sideboards for members only. Judge Foster's written decision is voluminous. He quotes the agreed facts, decisions in similar cases in several other states, and concludes: “Therz can be no doubt * * that if any men or body of men forms a club whose principal object is the dispensing of liquors or the evasion of the liquor laws, the courts will go a long way in tearing away the disguise and punish those attempting such a fraud. Where, on the other hand, it is admitted or clearly proved that the club in question is a bena-fide club and that the dispensing of liquors is but an incident of the club’s activities, such a dispensing of liquors without a license duly issued is not a violation of the law of Connecticut as it stands at the present tim State Prison Commission. Wethersfield, Conn,. July 6.—At meeting of the state prison commi sion hera today a resolution of regret at the retirement of former President F. W. Cheney was passed and the fo! lowing officers elected: President, E. A. Fuller, Suffield; vice president, W. O. Burr, Hartford; secretary, F. M. Salmon, Westport. day was 83 in the shade—the hottest In ears. The high temperature is driving pzople by the wholesale to the seashore. 104 at Auburn, N. Y. Auburn, N. Y, 6.—Humidity to- day made a slightly lower temperaturs almost unbearable. and the foundries, blacksmith shops and rolling mills of the International Harvester company closad down after scores of men founi themselves unable to work. One death was recorded. The thermometer reached 104. Mercury at 70 in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., July 6.-—Although the mazimum temperature today was o 88 degrees, prostrations wers numer- ous owing to the excessive humidit: ‘The total number of d hs due to heat since Sunday is 20, of which five were drownings. At 8 o'clock tonight the mercury had droppad to 70 desrees. Down to 87 at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., July 8.—A falling tem- perature today following a brisk lake breeze brought relief to the people of Cleveland. Th2 maximum was 87 de- grees. Despite the cooling atmosphere one death and several prostrations were attributed to the waather. Heat Completed Hatching of Egg Lowell, Mass., July 6.—Gilbert Wright of Chelmsford, a suburb of Lowell, re- ports that a setting of eggs which the hen had abandoned when the hatching was nearly completed hatched out un- der the heat in the atmosphere. Lightning Causes $75,000 Fire. ‘Wakefleld, Mass., July 6.—A bolt of lightning which struck the N. E. Cut- ler block, containing the Cutler grain miil and box factory at Main and Water streets tonight, started a fire ‘Which burned the block and also the armory of Company A of the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers. Most of the arms and accoutrements were saved. The town hall and half a doz- en residences were set on fire from sparks and more or less damaged. The loss is_about $75,000. At the begin- ning of the storm the fire alarm ap- paratus was put out of commission, and the inability to cail out the fire department quickly allowed the fire to get a headway. Two Deaths at Middletown. New Haven, Conn., July 6.—In Mid- dietown, Miss Nelli€ Doran, 60 years, and en Kalian child died / N Stokes’ Letters To Miss Graham A PACKAGE OF EIGHTEEN PRO- DUCED IN COURT. FOUND IN THE GIRL'S ROOM Victim of Recent Shooting Testifies to the Circumstances—Says That $25,- 000 Was Demanded of Him, New York, Jjuly 6.—A package of ecighteen letters, written in bygone vears to Miss Lillian Graham, the show girl, and neatly tidd with a scented red ribbon, was handed up to the judges’ bench today in the court room where Miss Graham and her chnm, Ethel Conrad, were arraigned on a charge of attempting to murder W. E. D. Stokes, the millionaire hotel man. Found in Miss Graham’s Rooms. They were found, a detective said, in the young woman’s rooms, and they constituted ~ the object to recover which Stokes declar=d’ he risked his life. Stokss’ Story of Shooting. Stokes, pale and worn, told the story of the s ting. He was summoned to the apartments, he said, by Miss Con- rad, who told him that Miss Graham had left for Europe. He was angry, he said, when he saw he had been de- ceived, and declined to sign an alleged statement setting forth that he had defamed Miss Graham and her rela- tives. z Declined to Pay $25,000. He also declined to pay $25,000 un- der threat of death, he added, and thereupon Miss Graham began to shoot. As he gave his evidence, the voung women laughed and chatted gaily. Said Blackmail Was Prison Offens Stokes testified that he told the girls that blackmail was a prison of- fense, and that Miss Graham replied: 1l say I'm crazy,” while Miss Conrad said: “We'll say he came to our apartments and attacked us and we killed him in self-defence. We have three witnesses listeninz to all this who never wouid let him out alive.” Saw Miss Cenrad in Parlor. Stokes said that when he disarmed Miss Graham after having sustaincd two wounds, he recollected the Conrad girl and looked around for her. She was in the parlor of the apartment, he said, and as someone began firing then he assumed it was she. He was shot in the calf of the lez, but swung Miss Grabam between him and Miss Con- rad. Miss Conrad Smiled Sweetly. He sajd Miss Comrad called him on the telephone and told him Miss Gra- ham had gone to Europe and asked him to call and get letters Miss Gra- ham had lefc for him. Miss Conrad “smiled sweetly,” continued the wit- ness when she Teceived him at her apartment, and left him alone a mo- ment, saying she would go for the letters. Girl Bolted the Door. When she returned, said Stokes, she bolted the door behind her and ap- proached with her hands behind her back. Miss Graham Crept Toward Him. “At the same time through the door into the hall I saw Miss Graham creeping toward me with a revolver leveled at me. Stepping in front of me, she said, ‘Now I have got you!’ Threatened 4o Kill Him. “Then,” contizued Stokes, Miss Gra- ham told him he must pay her for “doing great moral damage” defaming her mother 2nd her sister. They told him, he said, that unless he complied with their demands they would kill him and “would have no difficulty get- ting rid of his body Dsath or $25,000. Stokes said he refused to sign a statement that he had defamed Miss Graham. Thereupon the girl demand- ed money. “It's death or $25,000!" sa Miss Graham, according to the wit- ness. “I told them,” said Stokes, “that if it were a case of death or a cent I'd choose death.” Graham Girl Began Firing. “The Graham girl,” he went on, “said to me, ‘You will, you willy and Stokes wrested the revolver from Miss Graham after receiving two wounds. The Second Shot. Then, he said, the girl called: “Ethel, you agreed if I didn't kill him, vou would! Then Stokes heard another shot and a bullet hit pim in. the lez. Four Shots Went Wild. There were four more shots, but they all went wild, he said. There a_lull, apparently when the cart- rides had been exhausted, he testified, broken by Miss Corrad’s throwing up the window sash, leaning out and shouting “Help! Murder! Police!” Throttled in Hall. Stokes started for the hall then. Out there, he said, first the two girls and then three panese grabbed him and throttled him. Between time, he said, a short, stout man also throttled him. A policeman finally rescued him, and he handed him the revolver he had taken from Miss Graham. Enraged for Two Weeks. That was ahout all there was to the sheoting incident, Stokes testified, al- though for two weeks prior to that he was “enraged” several times when Miss Graham called him on the tele- lphone and told him things he didn't Attentions to Miss Graham. On cross esamination, opposing counsel tried to have _Stokes tell about his attentions to Miss Graham during the four years he had kno: her, but he proved an unwilling ness and the lawyer met with con- stant objections. Met Her at a Dinner., Stokes met Miss Graham at a dinner in Lexington, Kentucky. _He took her out automobiling, wrote to her while she was at Memphis, Chicago, and other places, and entertained her at his Lexington farm. Once, he said, she came from Memphis to Lexing- ten at his telezraphic request. She left_“the next day,” Stokes said. Gave Her Cash Presents. The first cash present he gave her was $250 or $300—he didn't remember which—on one of her visits to Lex- ington, he said. He concluded his tes- timony shortly before adjournment. The case will be continued tomorrow. Letters Made Public. The bundle of lefters that drew Knox and Bryce In Gonference HEADWAY MADE ON THE ARBI- TRATION TREATY. FIRST SCHEDULES SIGNED T;‘oa(y is All But Completed and Will Probably Be Ready for Submission to Senate During Present Session. ‘Washington, July 6.—The principle of arbitration of international disputes in so far as its application to the United States and Great Britain is concerned, received a pronounced im- petus today. Secretary of State Knox and Ambzssador Bryce signed the first schedule of certain pecuniary claims existing between the United States and Great Britain and the terms of their submission to arbitration in ac- cordance with the specigl agreement signed August 18 last. Not satisfied with this accomplish- ment for one day, the secretary and ambassador further lent their encrgies to the cause of international peace by conferring for an hour on the proposed general arbitration treaty which is to supplant, by broadening its scope, the very convention under which the pe- cuniary claims will be arbitrated. This conference was _devoted to questions relating primarily to phrase- ology. It is admitted in official quar- ters’ that the treaty is all but com- Dleted and the administration is con- fident it will be finished in time for submission to the senate for ratifica- tion at the presert session. TOBACCO TENTS DAMAGED BY WEDNESDAY’S STORM. Large Force Granby, Repairing Them in East Simsbury and Aven. Tariffville, Conn., July 6.—Probably as much as fifty acres of cloth was ripped off the tobacco flelds in this vicinity by Wednesday's wind storm. ‘Wires were torn from posts and the cloth and wire fell upon the ground in a tangled mass, Still the tobacco plants suffered little injury, and the cost of putting the tents in zood con- dition again will not be large. The Connecticut Tobacco company lost about 25 acres of cloth at East Granby, and the American Sumatra company suffered to the extent of 10 to 15 acres on its Avon plantation. On the Ketchin farm in Simsbury there was a loss of about one acre out of 20. Ariel Mitchelson's fields were dam- aged to the extent of three or four acres, and W. J. Hayes lost a small strip. LAWYERS DECLINE TO APPEAR FOR INFORMER Camorrist Case Retarded by lliness of Abbatemaggio’s Attorney. Viterbo, July 6—The sitting in the Camorrist case today was retarded ow- ing to the illness of Abbatemaggio's lav President Bianchi requested several attorneys to take up the case of the informer temporarily, but all those approached declined to act. The president then appointed counsel for Abbatemaggio and the trial went on. Several witnesses were interrozated, including Marquis di Messimo, who se- questered Erricone’s horses, but the marquis said that he had forgotten almost everything connected with the case. OBITUARY. Albert Terry. 6.- Kingston, N. Y. - July a pioneer among bris manufactur ng the Hudson river, died here . aged 78 years. He was the first manufacturer to use anthracite coal in burning bricks. -Albert Ter- Stokes to the girls' apartment was made public by the court. They all besan with the salutation, “My Dear Miss Graham,” or “My Dear Miss Lil- lian,” and most of them ended with “Yours sincerely” or “Yours truly.” Many Bits of Advice. In the letters from Stokes to Miss Graham, given out tomight, there were many bits of advice for the young woman. One of the letters sent 'to Miss Graham from New York early in December, 1905, warned her that the stage hld but “a heartless social life” and urged her instead to “marry some rich young fellow whose companion- ship will be worth more than all the worthless admiration of a cheap stage.” “Cross, Crabbed, Ugly Old Cove.” In another, written without date, from Chicago, the writer said: “I am a cross, crabbed and ugly oid cove, and such a nice letter from such a pretty girl has turned my head. I the first place, you know, I am a d vorced man, forbidden to marry: sec- ond, any man who has failed to retain the love of the woman who was des- perately in love with him would count it a crime to try matrimony on a eirl for the second time. In_the third place, T am too old. so all T can do i3 to wait for a widow or divorcee who has had all the matrimonial experi- ences she wants for life, and so we will just be good friends. “A Shapely Widow” Mentioned. “We will go traveling and autoing together and have pleasant tales and sych things. There are several dozen widows and divorcees here 1 intend looking over very carefully’ before I return, but T will make no selection bfore I have talked it over with you. There is a widow, right small, abou 40 vears old, very pretty and onl slightly damaged, that I hear a lot about. She is very shapely, and I wall zet your opinion of her. ‘She has a nice little nose and black hair. She does not like Chicago. The dirty streets. the hogs and such things re- mind her of her late husband. New York is where she wants to live, and she has an ample fortune to do what she pleasas with. She is a little black and white dream. Keep Health and Good Looks. A telegram sent to Miss Graham at 129 -Auburndale avenue, Memphis, Tenn., in Jume, 1907, read: “Photo. graph_ superb. Keesp vour health ard good looks. Have written. Don’t Touch Liquor. In another letter Miss Graham was advised as follows: “Keep your head. Don't touch wine, ‘beers or liquors. They w ill ruin your complexion. You know the stage is not my advice. If you need anything 1 will help you. Sorry you spent that $1,800, but a star at $2,000 a week. I suppose, has to buy $45 or §50 hats.” Condensed Telegrams New Haven milk famine. s Threatened with a Anna Nitti, a Recent Passenger from Ttaly, died in BNUP_K]In of cholera. The Water Board at Lowell, Mass., is endeavoring to avert a water famine in that city. All Grades of Refined Sugar were advanced yesterday 10 cents per hun- dred pounds. Chicago is Facing an lce and Milk famine as the result of the continued hot weather. T. M. Kenna of Pittsburg was killed by a spent bullet fired by a Fourth of July celebrant. The House Sent to Conference the resolution providing for the = direct election of senators. Officers and Cadets of the American. training squadron went to Berlin on a sightsezing excursion. __The Turkish Government is prepar- ing for a general mobilization of troops against the Albanians. Senator John E. White of Tisbury was elected state auditor by the Mas- sachusetts legislature yesterday. Lightning Struck a Picnic Party near Cherryville, N. C., killing Miss May Coster and injuring several others. p All the Big Boston Department Stores closed their doors and sent their em- ployes home yesterday afternoon be- cause of the heat. The Dockers, Cooks and Stewards, whosz troubles with the steamship companies at Glasgow were settled Monday, struck again. What is Said to Be the Greatest Oil well in Oklahoma is on fire in the Ogage nation, and oil is burning at the rate of 150 barrels an hour. Joseph Widemsky and John Prolesky broke out of jail at Warrior Run, Pa., ensaged a lawyer to defend them and then returned to their calls. There Was a Falling Off of Nearly seven million dollars in the customs receipts at the port .of Boston for the fiscal year ended June 20 last. Just Learning to Toddle, 16 months’ old Edward Gordon was run down by a milk team near the Winthrop sum- ner colony and instantly killed. Mayor Gaynor Believes That Bridge tolls in New York city are a useless relic and has recommended to the bridge commissioner their abolition. Senator Newlands of Nevada intro- duced in the senate a bill creating an interstate trade commis n of five members to control industrial corpora- tions. p Twenty-Two Fighting Ships and auxiliaries are anchored in Province- town harbor preparatory to engaging in tests in war games in Cape Cod bay. Firemen Fighting a Blaze that de- stroyed three three-family houses at Chelsea, Mass., vesterday, were forczd to keep themselves drenched with water. One Man is Dying and Two Others are seriously burned as a rasult of an explosion of a blacking kiln at_the Stanley Rule and Level works at New Britain. A Small Flat Bottomed Boat con- taining four bovs capsized in the War- ren river vesterday and one of the lads, Louis Burgeson, aged 12, of Warren, R. I, was drowned. Because of the Intense Heat Ringling Brothers' circus omitted its parade af Schenectady, N. Y.. vesterday. Sixty of the horses have died during the pasi week of exhaustion. A Certificate of Reasonable Doubt in the case' of Joseph B. Reichmann. for- merly president of the Carnegie Trust company, was granted by Justice Page in the state su; me court. Two Bills Authorizing the General court to levy a uniform tax on in- comes and providing for a scientific tem of forest taxing passed the Massachusetts senate vesterday. Despondency Caused by Continued ill health was respomsible for the death of Mrs. Ellen Hogan, aged 70, who hanged herself yesterday on her farm, two miles from Houlton, Me. Clouds of Browntail Moths in the vicinity of the Lurcher lightship, on the Nova Scotian coast of the Bay of Fundy, were seen by the crew of the dominion government steamer Stanley. Rayfield, the 18 Months’ Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Borden, of Pitts- field, Mass., got hold of a bottle con- taining cssence of wintergreen and drank a quantity, which resulted in his death. Advices Received by Seattle Banks from their correspondents at Fair- ‘banks, Alaska, that the season’ gold output of the Tanana district will be at least $5,000,000 and may reach $6.000,000. The Boston and M. clared a quarterly e Railroad de- dividend of $1 vn the common stock vesterday. The di- rectors also declared a semi-annual dividend of $3 per share on the pre- ferred stock. At an International Conference in Brussels of steel magnates a_commit- tee was appointed to formulate a_defi- nite plan to carry out Judge Gary' proposition to embody the :golden rule in the steel trade. A Resolution Calling for a Report from the interstate commerce commis- sion by Jan. 1 next on nearly every phase of the express business was in- troduced in the house by Representa- tive Burleson of Texas. A Corps of Civil Engineers Began yesterday a survey of the route of the proposed electric railway which Presi dent Mellen of the Boston and Maine is desirous of constructing to the sum- mit of Mount Washington. General Bixby, Who Declared that the Maine was wrecked in Havana harbor by the explosion of her own magazines, is quoted as saying that his soundings showed that at least two-thirds of the bow were utterly wrecked. A Remarkable Defense of Christian Science and a_ personal history of his family’s experiences in that faith, in- cluding the story of hiz own transition from scoffer to devout believer. was made in the senate by Senator Works of Californi> NAVAL EXPERTS TO STUDY THEHULL ‘Washington, July 6.—A board of naval officers, experts in explosives, is bein- selected by the navy department to study the hull of the battleship Maine, in Havana harbor, as the water is pumped from the coffer dam now surrounding the wreck. Weeks Before Inspection is Possible Because of the necessarily slow progress of the work, weeks probably will elapse before the experis will be able to inspect the keel of the former warship, but the board will proceed to Havana as soon as its personnel is made known, and will remain with the svork until it is finished. Confident That Torpedo or Mine Did It o The mnavy department cfficers are convinced that the examination will prove the accuracy of the findings of the Sam = = - ‘. : - The Bulletin’s Circulation in Norwich is Double That of Any Other Paper, and Its Total Circulation is the Largest in- Connecticut in Proportion to theCity's Population The Maine to Undergo a Critical Inspection When Water is Out of Coffer Dam CAUSED BY A TORPEDO OR a MINE Such is the Firm Belief of Navy Department Officials Concerning Explosion—Their Theory is That Exz~ plosion of Ship’s Magazine Followed—Gen, Bizby Disclaims Statement as to Origin of Explosion. PRICE TWO CENTS ;| mine, and tha xplosion of the | ship’s magazines 1 | General Bixby's Statsment. In v f r i interest ats | tached 1o th » destruetl of this Maine, resulting from dae WS | covering of tiie » 37 the army efie | gineers, Gener 1. Bixby, chief off 1 ng signed statement 1o | Has Made No Statement as to Origin | of Explos | _ “The wor 0 far prove of the explosior ’ already shows | tion of the f | that it is | unwaterin either way, KANSAS SUFFERS FROM PLAGUE OF GRASSHOPPERS. Ravaging Alfalfa Fields of the Western Part of the State. Topeka, Ka: —A war grasshoppers has been started in w orn Kansas. Their ravages, especiall in the alfalfa fields, have d_th: Atchison, Topeka and Santa fe rail- road to inaugurate a campaign of termination along its lines. H. O. Marsh of the government bu- reau of entomology is conducting the extermination work among the farm- ers and is helping the railroad. poison -composed of bran,white arsenic, salt and molasses is being spread over all the grass and other vegetation along the risht of way. The grass- hoppars are said to eat the pr - tion readily, and it causes de 3 few moments. One Scott counts man has bought 300 turkeys to war on the grasshoppers. BERKELEY SOCIALIST MAYOR IS DEFIANT. Refused to Offer Resignation at Dic- tation of His Party. Berkeley, Cal, July 6—J. Stitt Wil- son, newly elected socialist mayor of Berkeley, struck his first political enug yesterday when he successfully op- Dosed the election of a city 3 proposed by a socialist coun Mayor Wilson -was then w0 appear at a meeting of the ‘party or- ganization and explain his action. He v he had not presented n to be accepted at his cretion, according to so- ge. ‘The meeting is set for thz night of ar council meeting, and I can- Mayor Wilson. “As to I do not intend to at offer one. COMPLAINTS MADE AGAINST THE POSTAL SERVICE. Brooklyn Dissatisfied, But It Costs More Than in Other Big Cities. Washington. 6.—Complaints citizens of Brooklvn against the po service there on account of the reduc number of mail deliveries in the r dence districts were laid before the house committee on expenditures in the postoffice department today by Repre- tal d sentative Redfield of Brooklyn. F Assistant Postmaster General Grand field explained that investigati in proportion to its gro receipts the Brooklyn delivery sery was costing ch more than in othes big cities, being 46 per cent., as azainst 17 per cent. in St. Louis and 24 per cent. in Philadel BEER DRINKING INCREASES IN THE UNITED STATES. showed thgt a. Amount Consumed Last Year Agare- gated 62,000,000 Barrels. New York, July 6. No less than 62,- Innu_nnn barréls of beer were sold in the months increas United States during the 12 ending June 30 last, or an over the previous 12 months of 6.21 per cent., according to the annual report of the beer and whiskey sales made public here today bv the United States Brewers’ association. The whiskey bill of the United States for the ar, according to the report, is $146,972,000, an increase of nearly $8.000.000, or- 5.6 per cant, over the preceding 12 month: QUEEN DCWAGER TO BE BURIED ON SATURDAY King Victor and Queen Helena Will At- tend Funeral Service. Turin, July 6.—The body of Maria Pia, quecn dowager of Portugal, will be interred on Saturday in the basilica of the royal burial church superga, which _stands to the east of Turin. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena will attend the funeral serv- ices while J. M. Lambertini Pinto, the Portuguese envoy at Rome, has been ordered to Turin to represent the Por- tuguese government and people. Sentence for Frank G. Jones. Grand Rapids, Mich., July 6.—Judge ‘William J. Stuart of the superior court today sentenced President Frank G. Jones of the bankrupt American Elec tric Fuse company of skegon to Jona prison on an intederminate sen- tence of from four to fourteen vears, with a recommendation of ten years, Newspaperman Killed by Auto, Canonsburg, Pa., July 6. — George Brown, aged 35 a newspaparman of New York, was killed, and Cari Palm- er, sporting editor of the Washington (Pa.) Record, and C. Guthrie, chauf- feur, avere seriously injured today when thelr automobile turnad turtle near here RBrowa's necls was broken. on board, which were the | explosio > destructive explosion which sunk the | ports or st o the origin of Maine was caused by a torpedo or| the explosior SENATOR GRO TALKS UNTIL EXHAUSTED, Long Speech nats Against Washington al sentiment the Canadia and free lis after inform rious groups of contin heated « the first cordance w ate to meet o 2 to hasten act gramme. b Dagota, ant made ‘2 _lops | frequent Tensure and was ausied a% The gena n iy %fter~ SE SPLIT UP, Plans for Reorganization in Acserd« ance With Supreme Court's Edict New Yo here this af . tima plan dard Oil « be annow trads split into fif« each witl op independen o - same. the roorgan ? the Stan- - < oo attected, | ASIATIC CHOLERA, Victim a Stecrage Passenger om Steamer Italy. Asiatic choier an ocean on the steam clinical histor, Health Officer T one of ¢ The cabin will be release sengers and further WITHDRAWING TROOPS OM SAN ANTON e Alrsady Been Three Commands Ha Ordered Home. Washing The programme for_reducing fsion | at San Antonic 103 the gradual _with ~venth, Fifteenth a nts of infantry. The ntry, Ninth cavalr rtiflery already have way, 4 battalion of t A artiflery will shortly ret t or Vi All of the w - &2 back to their hor At Hamburg: J 4 er, from New York via F and 'Chers bourg. 3 At Rotte ampanefls, from Nev 3 At Havre ; vence, from New Yor At Tri b Washing ton, from New 2 At Genoa: July 4. Europa, from New York via N n, from New York via > Appointed by the President. Washington, J Among nomis natic to ine semate today B¥ President t of Frane's ssachusetts o Monroe Endic be secretary ¢ n and_consi= general at Santo z0, Dominiean rzpublic. > Taft a Rough Rider. Washington, J ;. —Although he Prefers the automobile to the horse, Progident Taft was notified today tBat he had been clected An HONOFAFY mem= ber of the \mp of Hough Riders of California Burglar Killed. Tuly 6.—In & revels uly shers \ Fleeing Syracuse, N. Y., ver fight between (5 iffs, officers and ecscaped Cicero, north of here, this Walter Parker, one of the kille”